2011–12 SM-liiga season

March 2026 October 2011 2011–12 SM-liiga SM-liiga Ice hockey September 2011 – April 2012 14 UrhoTV, Nelonen Regular season KalPa Best record Pelicans Tomáš Záborský Lasse Oksanen trophy Ryan Lasch Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy Playoffs Jani Tuppurainen Jari Kurri trophy Finals JYP Pelicans List of SM-liiga seasons SM-liiga 2010–11 SM-liiga season 2010–11 2012–13 SM-liiga season 2012–13 The 2011–12 SM-liiga season was the 37th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by JYP Jyväskylä who defeated Pelicans Lahti in the finals. The title was 2nd in team history. Teams Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain Ässät HC Ässät Pori Oy Assat Pori Karri Kivi Porin jäähalli 6481 Ville Uusitalo Blues Espoo Lauri Marjamäki Barona Areena 6798 Toni Kähkönen HIFK Helsinki Petri Matikainen Helsingin jäähalli 8200 Ville Peltonen HPK Hämeenlinna Timo Lehkonen‡ Patria-areena 5360 Marko Tuulola Ilves Tampere Seppo Hiitelä‡ Tampereen jäähalli 7600 Martti Järventie Jokerit Helsinki Erkka Westerlund Hartwall Areena 13506 Ossi Väänänen JYP Jyväskylä Jyvaskyla Jyrki Aho‡ Jyväskylän jäähalli 4618 Juha-Pekka Hytönen KalPa Kuopio Tuomas Tuokkola Niiralan monttu 5224 Sami Kapanen Kärpät Oulu Hannu Aravirta Oulun Energia Areena 6768 Ilkka Mikkola Lukko Rauma Juha Vuori‡ Äijänsuo Arena 5400 Otto Honkaheimo Pelicans Lahti Kai Suikkanen Isku Areena 5530 Arttu Luttinen SaiPa Lappeenranta Ari-Pekka Selin Kisapuisto 4825 Ville Koho Tappara Tampere Risto Dufva‡ Tampereen jäähalli 7600 Pekka Saravo TPS Turku Pekka Virta Turkuhalli 11820 Ville Vahalahti Head coaches marked with ‡ took their jobs mid-season. Regular season thumb|ice hockey game between SaiPa and HIFK in February 21, 2012 Each team played four times against every other team (twice home and twice away), getting to 52 games. Additionally, the teams were divided to two groups, where teams would play one extra game. One group included Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans and SaiPa, while other had HPK, Ilves, Kärpät, Lukko, Tappara, TPS and Ässät. Additionally, there were two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first. These pairs were: Ilves-Tappara, SaiPa-HPK, TPS-Lukko, Kärpät-Blues, JYP-HIFK, Jokerit-Pelicans and Ässät-KalPa. Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The last-placed team Ilves will play best-of-seven series against Mestis winner Sport. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P KalPa 60 34 3 7 16 180 139 +41 115 Pelicans 60 30 9 3 18 213 155 +58 111 HIFK 60 33 6 0 21 194 149 +45 111 JYP 60 30 7 4 19 168 122 +46 108 Ässät 60 31 4 5 20 189 150 +39 106 Jokerit 60 24 8 13 15 183 155 +28 101 Kärpät 60 29 4 4 23 164 148 +16 99 Blues 60 18 9 10 23 148 165 −17 82 Lukko 60 21 7 4 28 162 167 −5 81 TPS 60 21 6 3 30 134 180 −46 78 SaiPa 60 18 5 13 24 155 176 −21 77 Tappara 60 20 4 5 31 132 188 −56 73 HPK 60 15 6 5 34 132 201 −69 62 Ilves 60 10 8 10 32 140 199 −59 56 Source: Elite ProspectsSM-liiga Standings 2011-12 https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/sm-liiga/standings/2011-2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260122221817/https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/sm-liiga/standings/2011-2012 2026-01-22 2026-03-28 Elite Prospects Playoffs Wild card round (best-of-three) Kärpät-TPS 2–0 Kärpät-TPS 4–1 TPS-Kärpät 1–2 Blues-Lukko 2–1 Blues-Lukko 1–0 (OT) Lukko-Blues 2–0 Blues-Lukko 6–3 Quarterfinals (best-of-seven) KalPa-Blues 3–4 KalPa-Blues 3–1 Blues-KalPa 0–1 KalPa-Blues 5–0 Blues-KalPa 3–1 KalPa-Blues 2–5 Blues-KalPa 4–3 (OT) KalPa-Blues 1–4 Blues became first team in SM-liiga history to overcome 0–3 deficit to win the series. Pelicans-Kärpät 4–3 Pelicans-Kärpät 5–0 Kärpät-Pelicans 4–3 (OT) Pelicans-Kärpät 1–4 Kärpät-Pelicans 4–1 Pelicans-Kärpät 4–2 Kärpät-Pelicans 3–4 (OT) Pelicans-Kärpät 3–2 HIFK-Jokerit 0–4 HIFK-Jokerit 1–3 Jokerit-HIFK 3–2 (OT) HIFK-Jokerit 1–3 Jokerit-HIFK 2–0 JYP-Ässät 4–0 JYP-Ässät 4–1 Ässät-JYP 1–2 JYP-Ässät 4–3 Ässät-JYP 1–4 Semifinals (best-of-seven) Pelicans-Blues 4–1 Pelicans-Blues 5–3 Blues-Pelicans 1–3 Pelicans-Blues 1–2 (OT) Blues-Pelicans 4–6 Pelicans-Blues 2–1 JYP-Jokerit 4–1 JYP-Jokerit 2–1 (OT) Jokerit-JYP 2–3 JYP-Jokerit 3–2 (2OT) Jokerit-JYP 2–1 JYP-Jokerit 3–2 (OT) Bronze-medal game Jokerit-Blues 4–3 (2OT) Finals (best-of-seven) Pelicans-JYP 1–4 Pelicans-JYP 2–0 JYP-Pelicans 6–2 Pelicans-JYP 1–4 JYP-Pelicans 5–4 (OT) Pelicans-JYP 1–2 (OT) Relegation (best-of-seven) Ilves-Sport 4–1 Ilves-Sport 6–1 Sport-Ilves 1–5 Ilves-Sport 0–2 Sport-Ilves 2–3 (OT) Ilves-Sport 4–0 References 1 Finnish Category:Liiga seasons